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I just purchased a brand new 6TB red drive and I ran both the Western Digital LifeGuard Diagnostics test and Hd Tune Pro 5.50 on it and have been getting some odd results. On the WD utility for the quick test I have gotten numerous returns for the following error code. "Test Result: FAIL...

Hello Everyone, I am looking into building a NAS and am looking to have a raid 6 or RaidZ2 setup. I know I would need a Raid Controller card to make that possible but I can not seem to find any recommendations for a good quality one. If you all could advise me on what i should look for. I...

I want to acquire the best compatible option from the below fans to use on a Noctua NH-D14 cpu cooler. The on cooler fan configuration would be, going from right to left with left as the back of the case, a push (120mm fan over the ram for height compatibility reasons) pull, pull 140mm attached...

I am in the continental USA just to let everyone know. All the information I have researched has come from TomsHardware and Benchmark.net. [http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html] I have been looking at this ranking chart and are not the gtx 660 ti only one tear below the gtx 760...

Hello, OLD desktop gaming PC setup: Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-v Pro (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...) CPU: Intell i5-2500 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...) PSU: 900w Antec Heatsink: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212+...

Hello, OLD desktop gaming PC setup: Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-v Pro (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131790) CPU: Intell i5-2500 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115073) PSU: 900w Antec Heatsink: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212+...

Do you guys have an answer to my middle question of: Also is there any major downside to having "larger" individual ram sticks? IE: 4x8GB sticks VS 8x4GB sticks? (I understand my specific mother board could not hold 8x4GB sticks, but this is for the sake of the example to help elaborate and...

Hello, My current desktop gaming PC setup is: Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-v Pro CPU: Intell i5-2500 PSU: 900w Antec Heatsink: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212+ Current RAM: Patriot Sector 5 G Series 2x 4GB DDR3-1600MHz (PC3-12800) GPU: Gigabyte GTX 560 Chassis (Case): NZXT H2 HDD: [ OS Installed here...